9 h. ago More than 13,000 foreign nationals claimed asylum in Britain after first coming here on a work visa in the last year

In a growing loophole in Britain's border controls, Home Office data shows the number of work migrants who later claim they are refugees is soaring under Labour.

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21 h. ago The lone teenage boys seeking asylum in Britain: Where thousands of migrant children end up

There are more than 6,500 child asylum seekers living in the UK in 2025, raising questions over where they end up after arriving on small boats without a parent or guardian.

Events

22 h. ago Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique

Rising numbers of people flee jihadists, as violence against civilians increases and foreign aid dwindlesMore than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting.With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan attracting more attention and foreign aid falling, the grinding conflict in Mozambique has been largely ignored or forgotten. More than 1 million people have been displaced, many of them two, three or even four times. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know

The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are waryFive years after Myanmar’s junta ousted the country’s last elected government, triggering a civil war, voting is set to begin this week in national elections.The junta claims the vote is a return to democracy, but in reality the one-sided and heavily restricted poll has been widely condemned as a sham designed to keep the generals in power through proxies. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Trump doubles down on claim that US must take over Greenland for national security: ‘We’ll have to work it all out’

The comments follow President Trump announcing a new special U.S. envoy to Greenland over the weekend

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6 d. ago Love Actually’s Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis back Red Cross’s family reunion campaign

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has axed the refugee family reunion visa route - with loved ones only able to come to the UK if the sponsor is on a work or study visas

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8 d. ago Asylum seekers likely to cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds over their lifetimes, says official report

A official new report by the Migration Advisory Committee said people entering Britain through asylum and refugee routes make an 'unambiguously negative' contribution to public funds.

Economics

8 d. ago Trump to deliver primetime address after ramping up Venezuela tensions with oil tanker blockade: Latest

Donald Trump will address the nation at 9 pm EST, with Karoline Leavitt claiming he will discuss his ‘historic accomplishments over the past year’

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8 d. ago Trump to deliver prime time address after ramping up Venezuela tensions with oil tanker blockade: Latest

Donald Trump will address the nation at 9pm, with Karoline Leavitt claiming he will discuss his ‘historic accomplishments over the past year’

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1 week ago Daughter of Bondi Beach terror attack victim lashes out at ABC hosts live on air: 'Is this what you wanted?'

A woman has slammed ABC News Breakfast hosts, claiming the national broadcaster is bias in its coverage of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

Events

1 week ago A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they face losing the jobs they relied on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the nextFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa say they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the nextFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago UK conscription rules explained as WW3 fears grow over escalation in Ukraine

NATO chief Mark Rutte has claimed the UK and other allied nations are next in Russia’s sights as he warned we "must be prepared" for war amid unsuccessful peace talks

Politics

1 week ago Trump sued by preservation group over $300m White House ballroom project

National Trust looks to halt construction, claiming Trump tore down historic East Wing without needed permissionDonald Trump is facing a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction on his $300m White House ballroom, with historic preservationists accusing the president of violating multiple federal laws by tearing down part of the iconic building without required reviews or congressional approval.The legal challenge, filed on Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the US district court for the District of Columbia, represents the most significant attempt yet to stop Trump’s 90,000-sq-ft addition to the White House complex. The organization is seeking a temporary restraining order to freeze all construction activities until proper federal oversight procedures are completed. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot

Plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapseI know what “civilisational erasure” looks like: I’ve seen the graph. The European Commission published it in March. It’s a chart of total fertility rate: the average number of children born per woman. After a minor bump over the past 20 years, the EU rate appears to be declining once more, and now stands at 1.38. The UK’s is 1.44. A population’s replacement rate is 2.1. You may or may not see this as a disaster, but the maths doesn’t care what you think. We are gliding, as if by gravitational force, towards the ground.Civilisational erasure is the term the Trump administration used in its new national security strategy, published last week. It claimed that immigration, among other factors, will result in the destruction of European civilisation. In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it.George Monbiot is a Guard...

Events

2 w. ago Trump plans to break up the EU by ‘pulling four MAGA allies’ out of the bloc, report claims

The White House pushed back on claims that Washington was seeking to take nations including Italy and Hungary out of the EU

Politics

2 w. ago Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening

Travelers who are now able to come to the United States without a visa might soon need to provide social media, email, and family history details to the Department of Homeland Security

Politics

2 w. ago AfD responds to Trump ‘erasure’ claims with call for nationalist revival in Europe

Continent’s other nationalist parties wary of echoing sentiments of US president due to his unpopularity with voters Europe live – latest updatesGermany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has responded to US claims that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” by saying it backs efforts for a nationalist revival on the continent – but other nationalist parties in the EU are far more cautious.“The AfD is fighting alongside its international friends for a conservative renaissance,” the party’s foreign policy spokesperson, Markus Frohnmaier, said on Wednesday, adding that he would meet Maga Republicans in Washington and New York this week. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Daily killings in Mexico drop 37% under Claudia Sheinbaum, but experts say data is problematic

Government claims national security strategy is working, but analysts say figures don’t show rise in forced disappearancesThe average number of daily killings per month in Mexico has dropped by 37% since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office last year, according to new government figures, but security analysts cautioned that homicide data may not indicate improved national security.There was an average of nearly 55 murders a day in November compared with almost 87 when Sheinbaum assumed the presidency in September last year, the head of the country’s national public security system, Marcela Figueroa Franco, said during the president’s daily news conference on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Afghan migrant who said 'I don't know' 158 times when quizzed about his background is allowed to stay in Britain

The asylum seeker arrived in Britain in 2022 where he told Border Force officials he was born in 2007, making him aged 15.

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